R&D Project:
Innovative Management For Resiliency
Overview
Status: Completed
Project Timeline: January 2015 – December 2017
Objectives
- Optimize the utilization of nutrients such as manure management and timing or placement of fertilizer to minimize losses as adaptation process.
- Work with producers to establish forage and annual crop production that is resilient to weather extremes using economically and environmentally sound practices.
Progress
- Set up demos with 4 key cooperators with alternative legumes, fertilizer placement & whole farm nutrient management.
- Monitored soil & crop response to innovative practices.
- Tested Soil Quality Field Kit. Working with Bill McGill to evaluate innovative practices in terms of soil quality.
- Worked with George Geldart to integrate economic analysis of innovative practices.
- Worked with Blackbird Environmental to evaluate spatial extent & variablity of effect of practices.
- Cohosted 5 field days where project innovative practices were highlighted & gave 6 presentations at winter workshops.
- Hosted updates for smaller groups at stations during workshops at 5 events.
- Compiled 6 articles & 6 factsheets (see right hand side)
Project Cooperators
- Ron Buchanan
Unnamed Road, Montney, BC V0C 1Y0 - Rod Strasky
Farmington, BC - Andrew & Brian Clarke
Baldonnel, BC - Gordon Lazinchuk
Bessborough, BC - Tobin Dirks
Cecil Lake, BC - Arnold & Nelda Bennett
Two Rivers, BC
Project Contacts
- Sandra Burton
Lead Contractor - Darryl Kroeker
Lead Director
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